Torrington police: Man charged in stabbing following argument

Suspect arrested; victim taken to hospital

Published 11:31 am, Friday, May 15, 2015

A man was stabbed at the area of Prospect and Church Street late Thursday night.

A man was stabbed at the area of Prospect and Church Street late Thursday night.

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Torrington police: Man charged in stabbing following argument

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TORRINGTON >> A city man with a lengthy criminal history was arrested late Thursday night after he allegedly stabbed another man in the stomach following an argument in Torrington.

Winston Tutein, 54, of 236 Main St., was charged with first-degree assault and held in lieu of $200,000 bail after the incident, police spokesman Lt. Linas Venclauskas said in a release Friday. Tutein was scheduled to be arraigned Friday.

Venclauskas said police responded to the area of Prospect and Church streets, right near Vogel-Wetmore Elementary School, shortly before 11 p.m. Thursday on a report of an assault with a knife. They found a man on the ground with a single stab wound to his abdomen, he said.

The man was taken by ambulance to Waterbury Hospital for treatment. Neither his identity nor his condition was immediately available Friday.

Detectives responded to process the scene and reportedly found that two men had been in a verbal argument around the time the stabbing happened. Tutein was found near the scene a short time later and was arrested, police said.

Tutein has a lengthy criminal record dating back to 2006. According to the state’s judicial database, Tutein was most recently found guilty of second-degree breach of peace in 2013 and was sentenced to six months in jail. Prior to that, he was found guilty of second-degree breach of peace in 2007 and was sentenced to 90 days in jail. Again in 2008, Tutein was arrested for an attempt to commit assault to public safety or emergency medical personnel and was sentenced to three years in jail.

Anyone with information about Thursday night’s incident is asked to contact Detective Nicole Santiago at 860-489-2039.